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Pan-African business news covering all 54 nations. Continental trade, AfCFTA developments, multi-country investment, and business intelligence spanning the entire African continent.

AfricaHealth

Africa’s youth mental health goes digital

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Africaspoint Editorial

Economic pressure, insecurity and stigma are driving a mental health crisis among young Africans. A growing pan-African digital movement is…

AfricaCulture

Cardi B, Wizkid and Vybz Kartel: Nairobi’s biggest year

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Africaspoint Editorial

Nairobi is hosting two major international concert events in 2026: the Afro Topia Music Festival in April with Cardi B,…

Tanzania Dar es Salaam port fuel storage tanks energy infrastructure
AfricaBusiness

Tanzania’s $274m port fuel tanks, 41% done

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Africaspoint Editorial

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has formally launched a TZS 678.6 billion ($274m) oil storage project at Dar es Salaam port,…

AfricaBusiness

Ethio Telecom expands 4G to 276 towns

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Africaspoint Editorial

Ethio Telecom has signed a network expansion and modernisation agreement with Ericsson at MWC Barcelona, covering 1,500 mobile sites, adding…

Africa clean energy solar power investment boom 2026DStv World Cup streaming record 900000 viewers Bafana South Africa FIFA 2026

DStv sets World Cup streaming record

DStv Stream recorded over 900,000 concurrent viewers for South Africa's opening World Cup 2026 match…

Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026CBN Nigeria Central Bank Year award Cardoso reform FX inflation 2026

Nigeria slams the IMF’s tax prescriptions

A Nigerian think tank, the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics, has criticised the IMF's…

HormuzSouth Africa immigration xenophobia Ramaphosa March deportation crackdown 2026

Stop checking passports, SA minister warns

South Africa's Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi warned at an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration briefing on…

Aliko DangoteDangote refinery 700000 barrels day capacity expansion 1.4 million 2026

Dangote’s petrol unit is down 34%

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has been running its main petrol-producing RFCCU unit at 34% below…

Finance government meeting Kenya IMF debt
IMF KenyaJohn Mbadi

Kenya IMF talks end with no deal

Showmax shuts down in south africa
Africa StreamingCanal Plus Africa

Showmax shuts down after R4.9bn loss

Wireless network AI telecoms South Africa
AI Telecoms AfricaArtificial Intelligence Kenya

Cell C tests AI network fix with Odine

East Africa TradeKenya Exports

Kenya pushes packaging to lift exports

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